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Dislike destroying a particular edition (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

version

'particular edition' is the definition.

'dislike destroying a' is the wordplay.
'dislike' becomes 'aversion' (aversion is a kind of dislike).
'destroying' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'aversion' with 'a' taken away is 'VERSION'.

(Other definitions for version that I've seen before include "Interpretation, account" , "Description from a certain point of view" , "Adaptation" , "Rendering" , "Sort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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